camel

The definition of a camel is a large humped back animal with a long neck that lives in the deserts of Africa and Asia.

The animal most used for transportation in the African desert is an example of a camel.

A mother camel and her baby.

camel

noun

either of two species of large, domesticated ruminants (genus Camelus) with a humped back, long neck, and large, cushioned feet: capable of storing water in its body tissue, the camel is the common beast of burden in Asian and African deserts

a watertight cylinder used to raise sunken ships, wrecks, etc.

Naut. a float, usually consisting of a log or logs, placed alongside a wharf, pier, etc. to protect docking ships

Origin of camel

Middle English ; from Old English or Old French ; from Classical Latin camelus ; from Classical Greek kamēlos ; from Classical Hebrew (language) or Phoenician gāmāl; ultimately ; from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Babylonian

adjective

of the tan color of camel's hair

camel

noun

Either of two chiefly domesticated ruminant mammals of the genus Camelus, the Bactrian camel or the dromedary, having a humped back and long neck, and used in northern Africa, the Middle East, and Asia as a beast of burden and a source of wool, milk, and meat.

A device used to raise sunken objects, consisting of a hollow structure that is submerged, attached tightly to the object, and pumped free of water. Also called caisson.

Sports A spin in figure skating that is performed in an arabesque or modified arabesque position.

A tan or yellowish brown.

Origin of camel

Middle English, from Old English and from Anglo-Norman cameil, both from Latin camēlus, from Greek kamēlos, of Semitic origin; see gml1 in Semitic roots.

Sentence Examples

This agreement is represented on coins of Scaurus - Aretas kneeling by the side of a camel, and holding out an olive branch in an attitude of supplication.

So that for an hour or more, a thousand fathoms in the sea, he carries a surplus stock of vitality in him, just as the camel crossing the waterless desert carries a surplus supply of drink for future use in its four supplementary stomachs.

I tried to describe to her the appearance of a camel; but, as we were not allowed to touch the animal, I feared that she did not get a correct idea of its shape.

Ah, my dear friend, our divine Saviour's words, that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God, are terribly true.